America?s engagement with the Arab world stretches back far beyond the Iraq wars. According to Milton Viorst, the current conflict is simply the latest round in a 1,400-year struggle between Christianity and Islam, in which the United States became a participant only in the last century. Today, the Bush Doctrine aims to free the Arab peoples from... more...

The book is about the history of the Jewish people and the reinstatement of the State of Israel. The author gives a detailed eye-witness description of the obliteration of Jerusalem. Not only does the writer describe about the hatred that existed between the Jews and the other people of the Middle East, he also presents an implicit explication of the... more...

This book charts the development of the social sciences?anthropology, human geography, and demography?in colonial and postcolonial Egypt, exploring the broader significance of knowledge production and its relationship to colonialist and nationalist ideologies. more...

This Handbook is a current, comprehensive single-volume history of Iranian civilization. The authors, all leaders in their fields, emphasize the large-scale continuities of Iranian history while also describing the important patterns of transformation that have characterized Iran's past. Each of the chapters focuses on a specific epoch of Iranian... more...

The first book about the 1982 war in Lebanon, Operation Peace for Galilee is based on hundreds of interviews with the soldiers of both sides, the guerrillas who fought in it, and the civilians caught in the middle. Much of the detail is drawn from in-depth conversations with the major Israeli commanders who planned and fought the battles. The... more...

In Dark Eden: Eve of Destruction , the thrilling sequel to New York Times bestselling author Patrick Carman?s Dark Eden , the seven teens who were ?cured? by Rainsford reunite to find relief from their ailments...and realize they may have the power to stop Rainsford?s ghoulish reign once and for all. Ensnared in a dangerous and ever-deepening... more...

Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that assumed hegemony in Qina province over the last five centuries. Imagined Empires charts modes of subaltern rebellion against the destructive policies of colonial intruders and collaborating local elites in the south of Egypt. ... more...

"This book tells what should have been known and isn't?that Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength." ? Israeli President Shimon Peres For decades, Israel's renowned security arm, the Mossad, has been widely recognized as the best intelligence service in the world. In Mossad , authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim... more...

In Dark Eden: Eve of Destruction , the thrilling sequel to New York Times bestselling author Patrick Carman?s Dark Eden , the seven teens who were ?cured? by Rainsford reunite to find relief from their ailments...and realize they may have the power to stop Rainsford?s ghoulish reign once and for all. Ensnared in a dangerous and ever-deepening... more...